| Description |
1 online resource (344 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Beiträge zur Altertumskunde, 1616-0452 ; Bd. 253 |
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Beiträge zur Altertumskunde ; Bd. 253.
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Vorwort -- I. Einleitung -- II. Von der Epideiktik zur Panegyrischen Epik. Voraussetzungen und Kontext spätantiker Verspanegyrik -- III. Claudius Claudianus. Der Archeget spätantiker Verspanegyrik im lateinischen Westen -- IV. Flavius Merobaudes, Sidonius Apollinaris, Priscianus: Hexametrische Panegyrik in der Nachfolge Claudians -- V. Flavius Cresconius Corippus. Spätantike Verspanegyrik als heroische Großepik -- Backmatter |
| Summary |
This monograph provides a review of the history of praise of rulers composed in hexameters (so-called panegyric epic) from the fourth to the sixth century A.D. Panegyric epic is a form of literature that only came to be of particular importance in Late Antiquity, although it drew upon and adapted a variety of Graeco-Roman literary traditions. Following a general description of the literary and historical-cultural preconditions for the development of Late Antique panegyric, this study presents its most important practitioners and their works, as well as detailing the development of the various |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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In German |
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Print version record |
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| Subject |
Laudatory poetry, Classical -- History and criticism
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POETRY -- Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
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Laudatory poetry, Classical
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Panegyrikus
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Lobgedicht -- lateinisches -- Geschichte Spätantike.
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Griechisch.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783110210583 |
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3110210584 |
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